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DON MANUEL OSHELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 23, 1951 – March 26, 1970
Service recordDon Manuel Oshell, of Kingston, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 46
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Kingston, Tennessee (Roane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 46
- ROBERT FOREMAN JRSergeant First Class · March 26, 1970
- JAMES ANTHONY GRIFASIStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1970
- ANGELO RAYMOND MORALESSergeant · March 26, 1970
- MARVIN SHELLSergeant · March 26, 1970
From Kingston
- JERRY ARNOLD MCFALLSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- DAVID LYNN BELLLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.